Juhani Salmenkylä
# Juhani Salmenkylä

Juhani Salmenkylä (8 March 1932 – 4 May 2022) was a Finnish orienteering competitor and European champion, basketball player, coach, referee and contributor. He was born in Helsinki. In orienteering he won a gold medal with the Finnish relay team at the 1964 European Orienteering Championships in Le Brassus.

## Orienteering

Salmenkylä received a silver medal in the relay at the 1966 World Orienteering Championships with the Finnish team, and again in 1968.

His daughter Leena Salmenkylä was World Champion in relay in 1979.

## Basketball

Salmenkylä impacted Finnish basketball with large radius. As a player, he won seven national championships. As a referee he participated in many tournaments abroad, including the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was also a top tier coach in Finland, and served as the head of Finnish Basketball Association in 1969–1972.

In August 2015 Salmenkylä was inducted into the Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame.

